Re: /etc/rc?.d/*

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 10 Jan, Russell Coker wrote about "/etc/rc?.d/*"
> Currently we start and stop the scripts in rc?.d directories in alphabetical
> order (IE the numerical order of whatever follows the 'K' or 'S' in the file
> name).
> 
> The update-rc.d wants to install packages with the same numbers for start and
> stop.
> 
> What I want to do is have a script start before the rest and stop after them.
> 
> What's the recommended way of doing so?
> 

rtfm, =)

update-rc.d foobar start 05 2 3 4 5 . stop 99 0 1 6 .

Brian Servis
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